Skandapurana 7.9.45_70

7.9.45_70

11 .. .bhirnikṛttāni (?) . 12 tu - kha- . 13 talebhya - kha. . 14 kaṅkaṭībhiḥ - kha. . 15 ..stālavṛntaiśca - (?) . 16 kalau - kha . 17 yuddhadiśā - kha, yuddhāyanirbhāti? - gha. .' 18 mo - kha. . 19 kariṣyāmi - kha. . 20 tvāmapyadya - kha., yamātithim (?) . 21 nāsti - kha. . 22,bhītahamāhave - kha. .
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evaṃ vadanto yuyudhuryathā mattā mahāgajāḥ .
parasparavadhāsaktā yodhāstatra sahasraśaḥ ..27..
anyonyamevamābhāṣya praiṣayanyamasādanam .
siddhāśca cāraṇāścaiva vyomni sarve vyavasthitāḥ ..28..
sādhayanti23 ramante ca nadanti24 ca yathāmbudāḥ .
mamāyaṃ dānavaḥ25 saṃkhye hato bhartā vinirmitaḥ ..29..
ayaṃ devastava patirmā pārakye manaḥ kṛthāḥ .
kimevaṃ lobhayuktāsi śreṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ parīkṣase . .8.83.3 0 ..
svayaṃgrāho na cehāsti26 lekhyaṃ vācaya mā tvara27 .
asantuṣṭaṃ manaḥ kinte28 saṃtuṣṭā bhava sundari ..3 1 ..
bhāgoyaṃ te surairdattastaṃ gṛhītvā vrajālayam29 .
evamapsarasaścātra vadanti ca hasanti ca ..3 2..
samare30 nihate31 yodhe32 kurvanti kalahaṃ tathā .
mekhalāvalayonmiśraṃ tāsāṃ tat kalabhāṣitam ..3 3 . .
śrutvā śrutvā ca te yodhā yuyudhurbhayavarjitāḥ .
valgitā sphoṭitai33ścaiva diśaḥ sarvā vyanādayan ..34..
tat tapravāditagajopabṛṃhitavalgitākupitasiṃhanāditam .
devadānavabhayapravarttanaṃ34 jīvitāntakaramābabhau35 raṇam ..3 5 ..
iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe tryaśītitamo36dhyāyaḥ

Speaking thus, thousands of warriors intent on slaying one another
fought there like rutting great elephants. (27)
Addressing one another thus, they dispatched [each other] to Yama's abode.
Siddhas and Cāraṇas, all stationed in the sky, (28)
acclaimed them, made merry, and roared like clouds:
“This Dānava slain in battle has been appointed my husband! (29)
This god is your husband; do not set your mind on another’s!
Why are you filled with greed, examining the best of the best? (30)
There is no self-selection here; read the written decree, do not hurry!
Why is your mind discontented? Be satisfied, O beautiful one! (31)
This share is allotted to you by the gods; take him and go home!”
Thus the apsarases there spoke and laughed, (32)
and they quarrelled when a warrior was slain in battle.
Listening repeatedly to that sweet chatter of theirs,
mingled with the clinking of their girdles and bangles, those warriors fought without fear,
and they made all directions resound with prancing and loud slaps. (33–34)
Resounding with musical instruments, elephant trumpeting, prancing, and furious lion-roars,
that battle shone forth, causing terror between gods and Dānavas and bringing an end to life. (35)
Thus ends the eighty-third chapter, on the battle, in the Skandapurāṇa.